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A Least-Cost Strategy for Evaluating a Brownfields Redevelopment Project Subject to Indoor Air Exposure Regulations
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)Over the course of the past several decades the benefits of redeveloping brownfields have been widely recognized. Actions have been taken to foster sustainable redevelopment of brownfields by government, policy makers and ... -
Life history and population dynamics of Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in the lower Thames River, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-17)Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) is listed as Threatened under the Canadian Species at Risk Act. Canadian populations are declining primarily due to the siltation of sandy depositional areas, the preferred habitat ... -
Life history characteristics of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), Cisco (Coregonus artedi), and Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in rivers of the Hudson Bay Lowlands
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-15)Many northern fishes display plasticity in life history and trophic ecology that can influence productivity of fisheries and bioaccumulation of contaminants, such as mercury. Cisco (Coregonus artedi), Lake Whitefish ... -
Life History of Dwarf Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) in the Elk River Watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-01)In 2004, a population of dwarf longnose sucker was discovered co-existing with the normal form within the Elk River Watershed of south-eastern British Columbia. This thesis evaluated morphological, genetic and life history ... -
Ligand Specificity and Affinity in the Sulforhodamine B Binding RNA Aptamer
(Elsevier Inc., 2020-07-18)Binding affinity and selectivity are critical properties of aptamers that must be optimized for any application. The sulforhodamine B binding RNA aptamer (SRB‐2) is a somewhat promiscuous aptamer that can bind ligands ... -
LIGAND TRANSFER REACTIONS OF HYPERVALENT IODINE REAGENTS WITH PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)Many hypervalent iodine compounds are used as versatile reagents in synthetic organic chemistry. Hypervalent iodine reagents are capable of oxidizing trivalent phosphorus compounds into pentavalent, by transferring their ... -
Light-Activated Metal-Coordinated Supramolecular Complexes with Charge-Directed Self-Assembly
(American Chemical Society, 2013-02-21)Metal-coordinated materials are attractive for many applications including catalysis, sensing, and controlled release. Adenine and its derivatives have been widely used to generate many coordination complexes, polymers, ... -
Line-Scan Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Cellular Resolution Structural and Vascular Imaging of Biological Tissues
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-07)Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an optical interferometric technique for non-invasive contactless imaging of the cellular-level structures of biological tissues. However, the application of OCT for in-vivo volumetric ... -
Linking soil moisture content and carbon dioxide fluxes: From batch experiments to process-based modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-19)The emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soil to the atmosphere represent a major flux within the global carbon cycle. Soil CO2 fluxes depend on environmental factors including soil moisture and oxygen, and on intrinsic ... -
Lipid and condition analyses of West Greenland marine feeding Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)A regime shift in the Northwest Atlantic in the 1990s caused changes to the diet and productivity of marine-feeding Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) off the West Greenland coast. Investigations into the implications of the ... -
Lipid Deposition on Hydrogel Contact Lenses
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The primary objective of this study was to quantify and characterise lipid deposition on soft (hydrogel) contact lenses, particularly those containing siloxane components. Studies involving a variety of <em>in vitro</em> ... -
Lipodepsipeptide Antibiotics: Total Synthesis and Mechanism of Action Studies Using 19F-NMR
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Daptomycin is a calcium-dependent cyclic lipodepsipeptide that is used clinically in the treatment of infections caused by pathogenic Gram-positive organisms, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Another ... -
The Lipopeptide Antibiotic Daptomycin: Its Interaction With Calcium And Membranes And The Effects Of Membrane Lipid Composition On Its Activity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)Daptomycin (Dap) is a calcium-dependent cyclic lipodepsipeptide antibiotic used clinically to treat infections with pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It targets ... -
Liposome Supported Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Interaction Mechanism, Light Controlled Content Release and Intracellular Delivery
(Wiley, 2014-05-26)Zwitterionic phosphotydylcholine liposomes stably adsorb a number of metal oxide nanoparticles via its phosphate group. This is different from physisorption and fusion with SiO2. The hybrid materials can be internalized ... -
Liposome/Graphene Oxide Interaction Studied by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
(American Chemical Society, 2015-03-15)The interaction between graphene oxide (GO) and lipid bilayers is important for fundamental surface science and many applications. In this work, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), cryo-TEM, and fluorescence spectroscopy ... -
Liquid Crystal State NMR Quantum Computing - Characterization, Control and Certification
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Quantum computers offer the possibility of solving some problems more efficiently than their classical counterparts. The current forerunner in the experimental demonstration of quantum algorithms is Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ... -
Lithium ion conducting inorganic solid electrolytes and all solid-state lithium batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-08)As the world transitions away from fossil energy to green and renewable energy, electrochemical energy storage techniques, especially rechargeable batteries, increasingly become a vital component for this transition. High ... -
Local and landscape drivers of aquatic biodiversity in urban stormwater management facilities
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-20)Stormwater management facilities (SWMFs) are often constructed in urban areas to provide flood mitigation and runoff control, and thus replace some wetland functions. Yet, their suitability as habitat for wetland biota is ... -
Local Group Analogues
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)The abundance of satellite galaxies is a critical small-scale test of the standard cosmological model. From comparing the predictions of structure formation in simulations with observations of Local Group dwarf galaxies ... -
Locality and Exceptional Points in Pseudo-Hermitian Physics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-26)Pseudo-Hermitian operators generalize the concept of Hermiticity. Included in this class of operators are the quasi-Hermitian operators, which define a generalization of quantum theory with real-valued measurement outcomes ...